Target-illuminating device for firearms.



No- 829,726. PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

- D.'M0INT0SH.

TARGET ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR FIREARMS APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1.1905.

WITNESSES @mvSN'roR DOUGLAS MI1\ITQSH.

-unrrnn STATES PATENT FFICE DoUGLAs*Me1NrosH',-oi NEW GLAseowmAN-ADA; ASSIGNOR TO 'FaEnE u'c JOHNSON, or MONTREAL, "CANADA.

'TAR ET-ILLU IN TING DEVICE FOR FiFiEARMs Specification of metastases Patented ug; 28, 1906.

, Application filed September 1, 1905. Serial No. 276,692

' flash of light which will illuminate the object at which the firearm is presented. The manner in which this object is accomplished isas follows: A small electric lamp is attached close to the muzzle of the firearm, underneath the barrel, and a luralitylof dry cells are located at a desirab e point, preferably as near the butt as possible. Connections are established between the lamp and the cells, and means for opening and closing the electric circuit areconnected to the trigger, so that .the lamp will be lightedand extlnguished by the movement of the trigger at each discharge.

c-In the drawings which illustrate my invention, Figurel is an elevation of a revolver, showing the device attached. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the device for opening barrel; B, the stock; O, the trigger, having an and closing the circuit.

Referring to the parts, A"represents the integral contact G connected by a wire 0 to the lamp-socket contact F; The trigger:

guard D is provided with a sliding contact .D, "held in position by a helical spring D. This contact D is connected with a wire D? from a battery of-dry cells. The hollow cylindrical lamp-socket F, attached to the barrel either by spring-clips or screws, is nickelglobe F.

plated inside to provide a suitable reflector and threaded to engage the incandescent The front end is provided with a lano-convex lens F adapted to focus the lit-rays. The socket F is insulated at F to prevent short-circuiting.

- The operation of my device is as follows:

' The parts being assembled as shown in Fig. 1

andthe trigger C being drawn back, the contact O thereon mounted presses against the sprin' -contact D, mounted in the triggerguar I which contact D, recedes under the pressure of-the trigger until the discharge, after which the trigger flies forward away from the contact D, which follows it only a target-illuminat- 'the danger of accidents in the dark.

short distance. The instant the contactsC':

and'D touch the circuit is complete and the lamp lighted, the current passing: from the dry cells E throughthe wire 1), contacts ,D, and C, and Wire C through lam -contact F? into the lamp and back to the attery E through the lamp-socket F and the firearm.

the insulated 6o 7 The advantages of this device are obvious. H The use of this device will greatly minimize It will also be. ap arent that the device will add while giving the operator light to correct his aim before firing. Further, the absence of light after the discharge would give the user an opportunity to shift his position slightly in order to avoid a possible return fire. 7

As before stated, the device is particularly applicable to revolvers, since in these firearms a .slight deviation of the muzzle produces great variations in the course of the projectile during even a very short range.

Having thus described my invention so that the same may be'readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it 'appcrtains, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is L 1. In a target-illuminating device for revolvers and the like, the combination of a battery attached to the butt of the revolver, an electric lamp attached to the muzzle of the" revolver and electrically connected to saidbattery through the metal of the revolver, an insulated return-circuit from the lamp to the battery, and means carried by the trigger of the revolver for automatically closing said circuit prior to discharge and breaking said circuit after discharge of the revolver.

2. In a target-illuminating device for firearms, the combination of a battery attached to thebutt of the firearm, an electric lamp attached to the muzzle of the firearm, means for electrically connecting the battery and the. lamp through the metal of the firearm, an insulated contact carried by the trigger of the firearm, an insulated circuit from the lamp to the trigger, an insulated circuit from the battery to the trigger-guard, and trigger-actu ated means for opening and closing said circuit.

greatly to t e efficiency of revolvers used for domestic protection by momentarily dazzling an intruder,

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3. In a target-illuminating device ferreyolvers and the like, the combination of a battery, -an electric lamp, meansfor electrically connecting the battery and the lamp v ger-contact and from the yielding contact to through the metal of the TGVOlV8I,'t yielding insulated contact attached to the triggerguard, an insulated contact on the trigger adapted to engage said. yielding contact prior to the discharge of the revolyer, and insu-' latedconneetions from the lamp to the trigthe battery.

4. A target-illuminating device for revolvers and the like comprising a battery, an

electric lamp, a lens located in front of said opened and closed by the movement of. the trigger.

hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

' DOUGLAS McINTOSH.

Witnesses H. M. BROWN, G. L. JACKSON.

the trigger, and an insulated return-circuit 'go from the lamp to the battery adapted to be In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 

